The Exhibitor (Jun-Nov 1941)

Servisection 3 NEW YORK TOWN — CD — Fred MacMurray, Mary Mar¬ tin, Robert Preston— Lightweight program will need plenty of selling — 74m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (4105). NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH, THE— MD— Robert Pres¬ ton, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther — Mystery for the duals; sell Broadway rep — 77m. — see Sept. 17 issue — ( 4106). NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH— F— Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Leif Erickson — Laugh show, backed by the Hope rep, should get Into the better money — 87m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (4101). ONE NIGHT IN LISBON — CD — Fred MacMurrav. Made¬ leine Carroll, Patricia Morison — Good program — 07m — see Mav 28 issue — (4029) — (A). OUTLAWS OF THE DESERT— W— Bill Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jean Phillips — Actionful Hopalong Cassidy — 66m. — see Oct. 1 issue. PARSON OF PANAMINT, THE — D — Charles Rubles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry — Good entertainment — 84m. — see June 25 issue — (4031). PIRATES ON HORSEBACK — VV — William Boyd, Rus¬ sell Hayden, Eleanor Stewart — Top notch western — 68ra. — see May 28 issue — (4054). POWER DIVE — AD — Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Roger Pryor — Pleasing aviation programmer for the action trade — 71m. — see Apr. 30 issue — (4026). REACHING FOR THE SUN — MD — Joel McCrea. Ellen Drew, Albert Dekker, Eddie Bracken — Just a pro¬ grammer; sell the names— 90m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (4027). RIDERS OF THE TIMBERLINE— W— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart — Average Hopalong, passable action opus — 59m.— see Oct. 1 issue. ROAD TO ZANZIBAR, THE — MUC — Bine Crosby, Dor¬ othy Lamour, Bob Hope — Sell the names and “Road to Singapore" rep — 92m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (4025). ROUNDUP, THE — WD — Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster — Fair western drama Is suitable for action houses — 90m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (4024). RUGGLES OF RED GAP — C — Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles — Re-Issue should arouse a certain amount of Interest — 90m. — see July 23 issue — (Re-issue). SECRET OF THE WASTELANDS— W — Bill Boyd, Andy Clyde, Barbara Britton — Slow Hopalong — 60m. — see Oct. 1 issue. SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, THE — MD — John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi — High rating family entertainment is welcome change from war cycle — 98m. — see June 25 issue — (Technicolor) — (4034). SKYLARK — CD — Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes — Class comedy; sell the names — 91m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (4107). STICK TO YOUR GUNS— W— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jacqueline Holt — Routine western — 01m. — see Oct. 1 issue. TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL — W— William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Norma Willis — Run-of-the-mill western — 5 6m. — see Oct. 1 issue. WEST POINT WIDOW— CD— Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Frances Gifford — Programmer will fit Into the dual spot — -64m.— see June 11 issue — (4030). WIDE OPEN TOWN — W — William Boyd, RubbcII Hay¬ den, Evelyn Brent — High rating In the Hopalong series — 79m. — see Aug. 6 iBBue — (4056). WORLD PREMIERE — F — John Barrymore, Frances Far¬ mer, Eugene l'allette — Silly programmer belongs on the bottom half of the duallers — 67m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (4036). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION AIR RAID — Robert Preston, Martha O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. BAHAMA PASSAGE — Madeleine Carroll, Stirling Hay¬ den — (Technicolor) . FLEET’S IN, THE — Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Jimmy Dorsey. FLY BY NIGHT — Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Martin Kosleck. GREAT MAN’S LADY, THE — Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy. HENRY AND DIZZY — Jimmy Lydon, John Litel, Mary Anderson. LADY HAS PLANS, THE — Ray Milland, Paulette God¬ dard, Roland Young. LOUISIANA PURCHASE — Bob Hope, Victor Moore, Vera Zorina, Irene Bordoni — (Technicolor). MALAYA— Dorothy Lamour, Jack Haley, Richard Den¬ ning — (Technicolor) . MIDNIGHT ANGEL — Robert Preston, Martha ' O’Driscoll, Eve Gabor. MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN — Technicolor feature car¬ toon. MORNING AFTER, THE— Preston Foster, Albert Dek¬ ker, Patricia Morison. NO HANDS ON THE CLOCK — Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Florence Rice. REAP THE WILD WIND — Ray Milland. John Wajme. Plaulette Goddard, Robert PTeston. Raymond Mas¬ sey — ( Technicolor) . REMARKABLE ANDREW, THE — William Holden. Ellen Drew, Brian Donlevy. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS — Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Eric Blore. SWEATER GIRL — Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Betty Jane Rhodes. TOMBSTONE — Richard Dix, Frances Gifford, Edgar Buchanan. TORPEDO BOAT — Richard Axlen, Phillip Terry, Jean Parker. PRODUCERS RELEASING CORP. (1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 releases from 201 up.) BILLY THE KID’S FIGHTING PALS— W— Bob Steele. A1 St. John, Phyllis Adair — Routine western — 62m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (161). BILLY THE KID IN SANTA FE— W— Bob Steele, A1 St. John, Marin Sais — Fair western — 66m. — see July 23 issue— (162). BILLY THE KID WANTED— W— Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Dave O’Brien — First Buster Crabbe-Biily the Kid should satisfy — 63m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (257). CRIMINALS WITHIN — MY — Eric Linden, Ann Doran. Constance Worth — For the bottom duallers — 70m. — see July 9 issue — (111). DANGEROUS LADY — -AD — June Storey, Neil Hamilton, Douglas Fowley — Routine inde melier — 65m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (115). DESPERATE CARGO — MD — Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan— Nice bottom dualler — 64m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (113). DOUBLE CROSS — MD — Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore, Wynne Gibson— Action show will fit nicely Into the duallers — 61m. — see July 23 issue — (112). EMERGENCY LANDING — MD — Forrest Tucker. Carol Hughes, Evelyn Brent— Okay aviation melier for the supporting notch — 70m. — see May 28 issue — (109 l GAMBLING DAUGHTERS — MD — Roger Pryor, Cecilia Parker, Robert Baldwin — For the bottom duals; sell the title — 62m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (124). GANGS, INC. — see Paper Bullets. HARD GUY — MD — Jack La Rue, Mary Hcaly, Kane Richmond — Marriage racket yarn has angles for some houses — 66m. — see Oct. 15 issue — -(205). FEDERAL FUGITIVES — MD — Neil Hamilton. Doris Day, Victor Varconi — Well-produced melier for the supporting notch — 62m. — see Apr. 2 issue — (108). JUNGLE MAN — MD — Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darey, Charles Middleton— Okay jungle melier— 67m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (126). LONE RIDER CROSSES THE RIO, THE— W — George Houston, Roquell Verria, A1 St. John — Okay west¬ ern; sell Houston’s singing — 60m. — see Mar. 19 i6SUe 1 1 64 ' LONE RIDER AMBUSHED, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John, Maxine Leslie — Standard Lone Rider — 64m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (167). LONE RIDER IN FRONTIER FURY, THE— W— George Houston, A1 St. John, Hillary Brooke — Fair west¬ ern — 60m. — see Sept. 3 iBSue — (166). LONE RIDER IN GHOST TOWN, THE — W — George Houston, A1 St. John. Alaine Brandes — Fair west¬ ern — 64m. — see May 14 issue — (165). MR. CELEBRITY — D — James Seay, Doris Day, Francis X. Bushman— Nice inde programmer — 66m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (114). OUTLAWS OF THE RIO GRANDE — W — Tim McCoy, Virginia Carpenter, Charles King — Above par west¬ ern, has plenty of action — 53m. — see May 5 issue — (155). PAPER BULLETS (Gangs, Inc.) — MD — Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, John Archer — Okay for duallers — 72m. — see June 11 issue — (123). REG’LAR FELLERS — CD — Billy Lee, Roscoe Ates, Al¬ falfa Switzer — Kids will love it; worthy of special kiddie show selling — 70m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (125). SOUTH OF PANAMA — MD — Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce — Okay spy melier for the action houses — 68m. — see Apr. 30 issue — (110). TEXAS MARSHAL, THE — W — Tim McCoy. Art Davis, Kay Leslie — High rating western — 60m. — see June 25 issue — (156). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION 3 ILLY THE KID’S ROUND-UP — Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John — (258). 3LONDE COMET— (116). _ ,, rRONTIER MARSHAL NO. 1 — Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Art Davis — (251). 3IRLS TOWN— (202). -AW OF THE TIMBER— (215). .ONE RIDER NO. 1 — (263). ONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK, THE— George Houston, A1 St. John— (168). /ORACLE KID, THE — Tom Neal, Carol Hughes — (213). iTRANGLER, THE — Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw — (English-made) — (214). iWAMP WOMAN, THE — Ann Corio, Jack LaRue — (201). RKO-RADIO 1940-41 releases from 101 up; 1941-42 releases from 201 up.) LL THAT MONEY CAN BUY — see Here la A Man. ANDIT TRAIL, THE — W— Tim Holt, Janet Waldo, Ray Whitley — Just another western — 60m. — see Sept. 17 issue — '(281). RINGING UP BABY — C — Cary Grant, Katharine Hep¬ burn, Charles Ruggles— Comedy re-issue; sell Grant and Hepburn — 102m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (163). ITIZEN KANE — D — Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore. Joseph Cotten— Hits the mark in every department; a massive piece of entertainment, and one that should aim at every box-office record — 119m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (201). YCLONE ON HORSEBACK— RKO— Tim Holt, Mar¬ jorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley — Standard Tim Holt entry— 00m. — see June 25 issue — (185). THE CHECK-UP— October 22, 1941 DEVIL AND MISS JONES, THE— C— Jean Arthur, Rob¬ ert Cummings, Charles Coburn — Delightful com¬ edy; grosses will depend largely on selling effort — 9‘2m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (122) DUDE COWBOY — W — Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Marjorie Reynolds — High rating western— 5Sm. — see Sept. 17 issue — (282). DUMBO — C — Produced by Walt Disney — Technically the best feature Disney has made; the tops for children; but will need strong selling for adults — 64m. — see Oct. 15 issue — (293). FANTASIA — Fantasy MU — Produced by Walt Disney with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or¬ chestra — Something new and different; should at¬ tract lots of interest in the metropolitan centers — 135m. — see Nov. 27 issue — (Disney). FATHER TAKES A WIFE — C— Gloria Swanson, Adolphe Menjou, John Howard — Lightweight comedy; plug Swanson — 79m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (204). FOOTLIGHT FEVER — C — Alan Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Elisabeth Risdon — Okay comedy for dual support — 69m. — see Mar. 19 issue — (119). FRANK BUCK’S JUNGLE CAVALCADE— AD — Produced in the jungle by Frank Buck — A sure grosser for the animal trade — 78m. — see July 23 issue — (re¬ issue) — (166). GAY FALCON, THE — MYD — George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkin6 — Okay mystery programmer for the duals; successor to “The Saint” — 67m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (206). GIRL, A GUY AND A GOB, A— C — George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O’Brien — Pleasing program; deserves the best kind of selling — 91m. — see Mar. 6 issue — (120). HERE IS A MAN (All That Money Can Buy) — James Craig, Anne Shirley, Simone Simon, Walter Hus¬ ton, Edward Arnold — Impressive and praiseworthy, but a problem for any box-office — 106m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (205). HURRY, CHARLIE, HURRY — F — Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Kenneth Howell — Some laughs in it for the lower half of the duallers — 65m. — see July 9 issue — (129). IT HAPPENED TO ONE MAN — D — Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Marta Labarr — Saleable program where English pictures go — 80m. — see Mar. £ is¬ sue — (English-made). LADY SCARFACE — MD — Judith Anderson, Dennis O’Keefe, Frances Neal — Routine bottom dualler, with an angle — 66m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (203). LITTLE FOXES, THE — D — Bette Davis, Herbert Mar¬ shall, Richard Carlson — Quality entertainment best suited for class audiences; needs plugging for others —116m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (175) — (A). LOOK WHO’S LAUGHING — F — Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly, Lucille Ball — Highly salable comedy with radio names — 79m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (209). MELODY FOR THREE— —CD— —Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King — One of the better Dr. Christ¬ ians; sell the music — 67m. — see Mar. 6 issue — (124). MEXICAN SPITFIRE’S BABY— F— Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Charles “Buddy” Rogers — Lightweight broad farce okay for duals and smaller spots — 70m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (210). MY LIFE WITH CAROLINE — C— Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, CharleB Winnlnger — Pleasing light entertain¬ ment that can stand plenty of push — 81m. — see Julv 23 issue — (135) — (A). PARACHUTE BATTALION — MD — Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O’Brien — Timely programmer has plenty of selling angles — 75m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (202). RELUCTANT DRAGON, THE — Novelty — Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Walt Disney — Novelty will need plenty of push, but has chance for surprise grosses — 73m. — see May 28 issue — (Technicolor Sequen¬ ces) — (191). REPENT AT LEISURE — CD — Kent Taylor. Wendy Barrie, George Barbier — For the lower half of the duallers — 66m. — see Apr. 16 issue — (125). RIDING THE WIND — W — Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Mary Douglas — One of the better Holts — 60m. — see Sept. 17 issue — (283). ROBBERS OF THE RANGE — W — Tim Holt. Rav Whit¬ ley, Virginia Vale — One of the better Holt west¬ erns — 62m. — see Apr. 2 issue — (184). SAINT’S VACATION, THE — MD— Hugh Sinclair. Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae — Lightweight Britisher for the' duals — -61m. — see June 25 issue — (Englishmade) — (131). SCATTERGOOD MEETS BROADWAY — Guy Kibbee, Emma Dunn, Joyce Compton — Standard Scattergood offering for the duals — 68m. — see Sept. 3 issue — (136). SCATTERGOOD PULLS THE STRINGS — CD — Guv Kib¬ bee, Bobs Watson, Susan Peters — Dualler Is tops for family trade — 67m. — see May 28 issue — (132), SIX GUN GOLD — W — Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Jan Clayton — Routine western — 67m. — see Aug. 20 is¬ sue — (186). STORY OF THE VATICAN, THE — Doc — Produced by The March of Time — Strong for solid Catholic seotors; will need plenty of attention in others — 54m. — see Aug. 20 issue — (172). SUNNY — MUC — Anna Neagle, John Carroll. Rav Bol¬ der — Musical can do pleasing business with proper handling — 98m. — see Mav 28 issue — (133). SUSPICION — MD — Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke — Well-produced, suspenseful melo¬ drama has names to sell; strong for class spots, but will need push in others — 98 %m. — see Oct. 1 issue — (208) — (A). THEY MEET AGAIN — D — Jean Heraholt, Dorothy Lov¬ ett, Robert Baldwin — Dr. Christian entrant for the lower half — 67m.— eee July 23 iiiue — (134).